[Radiance-general] preserving Radiance documentation

[Chris Kallie]

Fellow Renderers,

There are numerous documents that reference (read as: require) 
information found in the rtcontrib lesson: 
http://scholar.googleusercontent.com/scholar?q=cache:fOxLoeW5cFIJ:scholar.google.com/&hl=en&as_sdt=0,36 


My suggested long-term solution is for the community to produce and 
maintain a Radiance wiki, which would have avoided this unfortunate 
dilemma. Here are two examples of wikis that I have enjoyed using and 
learning from in my work and play:

1) The Blender Wiki: http://wiki.blender.org/
2) A video gamer's wiki: http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Oblivion

Wikis solve many communication bottlenecks and dilemmas that we are 
currently experiencing as a virtual community.

Sincerely,
Chris

On 2/5/14 3:20 AM, Axel Jacobs wrote:
> Chris,
>
> the rtcontrib lesson has disappeared for a reason.  I don't wish it to 
> be made publicly available again if anybody still has the document on 
> their personal computer.
>
> Regards
>
> Axel
>
>
> On 05/02/14 05:03, Chris Kallie wrote:
>> Dear Fellow Renderers,
>>
>> There are numerous technical reports, peer-reviewed research papers, and
>> theses making use of Radiance—much of which has stemmed from
>> publicly-funded research and development. Unfortunately, some of the
>> resources the public has relied upon has vanished from the Internet, for
>> example:
>>
>> http://www.jaloxa.eu/resources/radiance/documentation/docs/rtcontrib_lesson.pdf 
>>
>>
>>
>> What can the Radiance community do to keep a safe and freely accessible
>> record of its collective work?
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Chris
>>
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